A rare mid 17th century English commonwealth period flagon
A rare mid 17th century English commonwealth period flagon
With Silver hallmarks for London 1651. maker unknown.
The inscription on the front alludes to the piece being gifted in 1699 by Elizabeth Thornes, Wife of Sir Vincent Corbet 2nd Baronet (d1681). His father; Vincent Corbet 1st Baronet (1617-1656) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, to whom presumably this flagon originally belonged, was an English lawyer and politician who sat for Shropshire in the House of Commons in the Short Parliament of 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the
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With Silver hallmarks for London 1651. maker unknown.
The inscription on the front alludes to the piece being gifted in 1699 by Elizabeth Thornes, Wife of Sir Vincent Corbet 2nd Baronet (d1681). His father; Vincent Corbet 1st Baronet (1617-1656) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, to whom presumably this flagon originally belonged, was an English lawyer and politician who sat for Shropshire in the House of Commons in the Short Parliament of 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the
English Civil War.
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. His father; Vincent Corbet 1st Baronet (1617-1656) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, to whom presumably this flagon originally belonged, was an English lawyer and politician who sat for Shropshire in the House of Commons in the Short Parliament of 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.){kind=link}